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κρούω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
κρούω
Greek transliteration: 
krouō
Simplified transliteration: 
krouo
Principal Parts: 
-, ἔκρουσα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2925
GK Number: 
3218
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
9
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1a(8)
Gloss: 
to knock (on a gate or door)
Definition: 
to knock, at a door, Mt. 7:7, 8; Lk. 11:9, 10; 12:36; 13:25; Acts 12:13, 16; Rev. 3:20*

Greek-English Concordance for κρούω

Matthew 7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock (krouete | κρούετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) and it will be opened for you.
Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and for everyone who knocks (krouonti | κρούοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) it will be opened.
Luke 11:9 “So to you I say, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock (krouete | κρούετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) and it will be opened for you.
Luke 11:10 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and for everyone who knocks (krouonti | κρούοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) it will be opened.
Luke 12:36 and be like men waiting for their master to come home from the wedding, so that when he comes and knocks (krousantos | κρούσαντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc), they will open the door for him immediately.
Luke 13:25 “Once the owner of the house has risen and shut the door, and you are left standing outside, knocking (krouein | κρούειν | pres act inf ) at the door, saying, ‘Sir, open the door for us!’ then he will respond to you, ‘I do not know you or where you are from.’
Acts 12:13 And when he knocked (krousantos | κρούσαντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.
Acts 12:16 But Peter continued knocking (krouōn | κρούων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc); and when they opened, they saw him and were astonished.
Revelation 3:20 Take note! I am standing at the door and knocking (krouō | κρούω | pres act ind 1 sg). If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter his house and eat with him, and he with me.